Time's A Bird

I’ve kept every card I’ve ever received 

For as long as I can remember

People fade in and out of your life

Eventually lost in the past, forgotten

I read their letters after sunset

“Why didn’t you ask for help?”

When I didn’t write for weeks

I was asking for help

When I stopped smiling

When I stopped laughing

When happiness became fake

I still hear their words in my head

Constantly reminding me

Of his brutal honesty

“If you wanna starve yourself, go ahead,”

“All my friends say you’re too ugly for me.”